In the first academic year we conducted the field research in China : the research area was divided into two. The first is the coastal area from Sandong Peninsula to Huaihe via Langxietai and Lianyungang. The second covers the south of Huaihe, such as Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Nanjing. Historically the first area has played an important role as a gateway of cultural interchange between China and Japan since the age of Qiantangshi to the modern times. The second is also significant, because the route from Huaihe to Zhenjiang corresponds to the area where the Japanese envoys ("Qiantangshi") used to come and go.In the final year, we were engaged in investigating the places in China, such as Xiamen, Quanzhou, Fuqing and Fuzhou. Amongst the field research, what is to be noted are the visits to a private house in Shangzhang village, Fuqing province, the Anping Bridge and the museum of history of foreign trade in Quanzhou. The Anping Bridge which is 2.5 km long and was built in Shaoxing 8(1138)
… More in the period of the Song dynasty, is unique as it is mode of granite. A private house of more than 200 years old in Shangzhang village was built in during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty. It is believed to be the one where around 100 people of the Ye family have lived. The academic results are to be reported by Nagai, who is a collaborator and specialized in the history of architecture. Finally we carried out the research on the historical material in the museum of history of foreign trade in Quanzhou. We were surprised to find out the close similarity in features of everyday commodities as well as manners and customs between Quanzhou and Ryukyu as well as the southern part of Kyushu. There is room for further investigation on the exchange of everyday commodities of these areas. 最終年度は中国の厦門・泉州・福清・福州などの調査に従事した。泉州では全長2,5kmにおよぶ安平橋と、海外交通史博物館を見学し、福清県では上張村にある民家を調査した。安平橋は宋の紹興八年(1138)に建造されたもので、花崗岩を長く切り橋梁とした独特の建築であり、上張村の民家は葉一族の100人ほどが居住してきたものという。清朝の乾隆年間に建てられ、200年以上の歴史を持つ。研究協力者で建築史の永井氏が成果を発表する予定である。また海外交通史博物館では泉州の民俗史料を調査したが、その生活用品と風俗が琉球および九州南部のものと近似するのには驚かされ、今後は物の交流に注目すべきことを再認識させられたのは大きな成果である。 Less